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Busy Streets and Tall Buildings

English level
Level 1
Topic
City Life
Estimated reading time
1 min
Busy Streets and Tall Buildings, a story about City Life
Busy Streets and Tall Buildings

Have you ever walked down a busy city street?

Cars, bikes, and people move in every direction.

Tall buildings stand next to each other.

A towering glass skyscraper stretching up past fluffy clouds, tiny windows stacked in neat rows all the way to the very top.

Some buildings have more than fifty floors.

People work at desks high above the ground.

Elevators carry workers up and down all day.

Stores fill the bottom floors of buildings.

A row of shiny elevator doors opening and closing in a busy lobby, cartoon workers stepping in with briefcases and coffee cups.

Traffic lights tell cars when to stop and go.

Bikes ride fast between the cars and buses.

Street vendors sell hot dogs and cold drinks.

Busy streets and tall buildings make a city feel alive.

A friendly street food cart with a cheerful vendor handing a steaming hot dog and a cold drink to a smiling customer.

There is always something new to look at.

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